Most depressing break up songs ever.
I’m in the middle of a divorce so I don’t need any help feeling down, thank you very much. Depressing songs about loss and breakups? Nope. I don’t need help finding a reason to cry. You gotta be careful when you’re in a divorce or break up, so these are the songs I’ve sworn off.
Say Something
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
This song should be banned. I was driving and almost had an accident trying to change the station when it came on.
Need you now
Lady Antebellum
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind… How many horrible late night texts have women sent because of this song lyric?
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
Rose Royce
Some Old School Sad.
My Favorite Mistake
Sheryl Crow
It makes you think of insanely good sex, yes, but still makes you sob into your duvet cover.
Sound of Silence
Simon and Garfunkel
I no longer want to live. Please Mr. Simon and Mr. Garfunkel stop singing.
Someone like you
Adele
This came on in the cool down section of my yoga class, I started crying all over my new blue yoga mat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQl3WQQoQ0zxwe
I can’t make you love me
Bonnie Raitt
I think you need bourbon on the rocks with this one. Or bourbon straight out of the bottle.
Maybe in a few years I’ll be able to listen to these songs again, once I’m emotionally sturdier and my divorce is final. Until then, these are the most depressing break up songs for me. if they come on the radio, I know that my tears and the memories will flow.
Yes! These are depressing songs.When my daughters catch me listening to sad song such as those you mentioned they quickly pop in the CD they bought me for Mother’s Day. Destiny’s Child’s “I’m a survivor” or Barbara Lewis “If you lose me, you lose a good thing” will start to play with volume on max!! We start dancing & laughing & some times crying happy tears!
So let’s pick are head up! Life’s too short to be unhappy!
What awesome daughters you’ve got! So great that they are helping you through this. You are right we do need to pick up our heads up and do like you and your daughters and dance!
I think a happy, tough, sassy attitude songs in addition to the ones mentioned above:
Gwen Stefani- Hollaback Girl
Lady Gaga – Telephone
Ke$ha- blah blah blah.
Right Said Fred- I’m Too Sexy
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive, maybe cliche’, but a keeper!
I love that song! We should start a list of empowering Go Girl songs!
I’m going to start a list of Empowering Songs-and I will survive might be the mother of them all!
What about “I am Woman Hear Me Roar”
Hell yes! Helen Reddy!
Thank you for your blog. My husband just asked for separation and I need blogues like yours to help me throught the days. In Quebec, there’s a french song titled (in french) “I don’t love you anymore”. I HATE that song. Thank you for the list of good songs to listen to.
So sorry that you are now a member of our separating club. I think it helps to know that you are not alone, and that eventually we will be OK. I know that I’ll be stronger for this experience (even though it sucks so much now). How difficult and long is the process in Canada to get a divorce? (I’m in California and it can take forever). Hang in there, it does get better!